Giveaway - The Iron Witch: Karen Mahoney

So, here it is, week 1 of 16 weeks of celebratory giveaways to celebrate the release of
The Bitter Seed of Magic - Spellcrackers # 3 in the UK on 17th Feb (1st time in print)
and
The Cold Kiss of Death - Spellcrackers # 2 in the US on 26th April (out now in the UK)

And my first giveaway is ...

*Cue Drumroll*

The Iron Witch**

the fabulous young adult debut novel from the wonderful

Karen Mahoney

available 20th January UK / 8th February US

OMG, don't you just adore this cover. I can't wait to see it in RL all its glorious gold.  Seriously, even if I didn't know this book was a fantastic read, I'd buy it for the cover alone.

But don't take my word for how great a read it is, just see what the equally fabulous Richelle Mead, author of the wonderful Vampire Academy books has to say about The Iron Witch.

"Dark and beautiful, sensual and dangerous, utterly enthralling. Karen Mahoney is a brilliant storyteller, blending magic and alchemy with bold, captivating characters who step right off the page and draw you into their world. You’ll fall under this book’s spell."

Richelle Mead

I'm so excited about this book as Karen is a great friend of mine and for anyone that doesn't know, she's been writing and dreaming of being published since she was twelve. A dream she's had for *cough* years*. I'm thrilled that her dream is finally coming true for her. What makes Karen's debut book even more special for me is that we would never have met if it wasn't for our writing. Karen was one of the very first to comment on my Live Journal, when I first ventured into the big wide, scary world of the internet back in 2008, when my own debut book was wending its own exciting way to publication.

So what do you have to do to enter? Well, Karen is a big fan of Wonder Woman, so . . . leave me a comment stating who your Super Hero is. Now that can be a fictional Super Hero or a real-life one. So I'll start it off. Umm, at the risk of having my Geek memebership rescinded I don't really have a fictional Super Hero, but right now I do have a real-life one: Karen herself. She's been a true friend recently, at a time when she's got a lot going on in her own life (Hey, new book, anyone!), so I'm nominating  Karen as my very own Wonder Woman! *ducks as Karen throws things at the soppy, sentimental, sap* *g*

So what are you waiting for, go comment! *g*

How to enter:
Leave a comment saying who your Super Hero is.

Please leave a way to contact you (email in comment: Please remember to replace @ with [at] to forestall spam - or your twitter name - no way to contact you - no entry).

Giveaway closes end of day (GMT time) 19th Jan 2011
See rest of General terms and rules below.

And don't forget to check out the Giveaway schedule here! And so you don't miss out on a chance of winning any of the wonderful books in the coming weeks, why not follow me? (following is not a condition of entry).

(you can read all about what Wonder Woman means to Karen here - with added Johnny Depp!)

You can read the first FOUR chapters of The Iron Witch for FREE on the Figment website. Figment is a great new site aimed at teen readers and writers:

Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you’re into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here.

General terms and rules:

-Giveaways open internationally where The Book Depository delivers.

-Winners will be chosen by Random.org.

-Winners will be contacted by email. If they do not claim their prize within 7 days, the giveaway will be re-drawn.

-If you do not leave an email/twitter name to contact you with your comment, entry is void.

-Emails will not be used for any other purpose.
-Winner's name will be posted at the top of the relevant giveaway post, and in the comments after the closing date.

-Release dates noted in the giveaways are US, unless otherwise stated: winners will be sent either US or UK version of books as delivered by The Book Depository asap after relevant release date.

-you can enter to win even if you've won something from me before.

-Giveaway books are the latest in the authors' series, but I'm happy to substitute an earlier book from the same series if it's available and the winner wants.
-There is no cash alternative. 
-Oh, and anything else I've forgotten :-)


Please note: My blog policy is that I try to reply to all comments on the blog, but for ease of admin I won't be replying to any comments made on any of the giveaway posts during the 16 weeks. Sorry, but it makes it much harder to sort out the winner. I will still continue to reply to comments on any other post :-) 

*What, you thought I was going to give away a lady's age? *g* 

**The Iron Witch is a Young Adult book, aimed at Young Adults (and those of us who might not be so young, but still love to read them :-), but for those new visitors to this blog, who might be interested in my books, or any of the books in the future giveaways, all of those are aimed at the adult market. Now I'm not about to police anyone's reading, I think that young adults (and us older folk :-)) are quite able to make our own minds up about what we want to read, but I did want to mention it so that everyone is aware. :-)

All links lead to Amazon (merely for ease). Please note: there are other online books stores available.